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About the Al Jazeera Network

Al Jazeera started out ten years ago as the first channel in the world dedicated to providing comprehensive, independent television news and live debate for the Arab world. The Channel now has an estimated peak audience of over 50 million viewers and has been ranked by brandchannel.com as the most recognizable and influential news brand globally.  As a natural extension of its spirit and mission, Al Jazeera has over the years created a number of other channels and services - in March 2006 Al Jazeera was formally named the Al Jazeera Network, transforming its operation into an international media corporation.

The Al Jazeera Network now consists of: the flagship Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Documentary, Al Jazeera Sport, Al Jazeera.net (the English and Arabic web sites), the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center, the Al Jazeera Center for Studies, Al Jazeera Mubasher (Live), and Al Jazeera Mobile.

About Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English is the world’s first English language news and current affairs channel to be headquartered in the Middle East. Broadcasting from within the Middle East, looking outwards, Al Jazeera English sets the news agenda and acts as a bridge between cultures. With unique access as the channel of reference for Middle East events, and broadcast centres strategically placed around the world in Doha, Kuala Lumpur, London and Washington DC, Al Jazeera English balances the information flow from South to North, providing accurate, impartial and objective news for a global audience from a grass roots level, giving voice to different perspectives from under-reported regions around the world.

Al Jazeera English is building on the ground-breaking heritage of its sister Arab-language channel – Al Jazeera, which was responsible for changing the face of news within the Middle East, now extending that fresh perspective from regional to global.

Visit  www.aljazeera.net/english for more details.

About Hong Kong Cable

Launched in 1993, Hong Kong Cable Television Ltd set the trend of multi-channel pay-television service for Hong Kong.  It currently produces over 10,000 hours of programming a year and is one of the largest pay television operators and content providers in Hong Kong.

Throughout the years, it has successfully established a leading position in News, Movies and Sports television programming, providing top rate programmes to individual consumers, mobile operators as well as commercial places and public transportation system.

For more information on Hong Kong Cable Television, please contact Mr Danny Lo, 852-2112 6916 or e-mail: dlo@cabletv.com.hk

GET MORE FROM THE AL JAZEERA PRESS OFFICE

Al Jazeera's Press Office is open for enquiries from members of the press and media. Journalists can contact us at the following address: The Press Office, Al Jazeera, PO Box 23127, Doha, Qatar e-mail: press.int@aljazeera.net - Tel: +974 489 2320/1, +44 207 201 2819 or +1 212 486 7070 The Al Jazeera Press Office Inbox is regularly checked during office hours and inquiries will be answered as quickly as possible